Elephant Rumblings: A’s first spring game rained out, Raiders nearing return to Coliseum

A’s Coverage:

• Spring Game Thread #0: A’s vs. Mariners (is rained out)...
• Matier: Oakland Raiders, Coliseum close to deal to keep team for another year...
• Slusser: A’s rotation hopeful Daniel Mengden is lighter, focused...
• MLB Pipeline: Beck discusses offseason improvements...
• Slusser: Robbie Grossman a leadoff possibility for A’s...
• McWilliams: Edwin Jackson wants to continue his career revival with A’s, but baseball’s market remains a roadblock... ($)
• Brown: A’s, Giants sound off on baseball’s greatest hits: a Bo Jackson steal, a Nolan Ryan heater and MadBum’s bat... ($)
• Slusser: More than just a name - A’s Skye Bolt worked to regain favor...
• Slusser: Parker Bridwell is in better spot with A’s than against them...
• Iversen: Baseball’s potential rule changes and their impact on the Oakland A’s - Part 2...
• Oakland A’s 2019 Community Prospect List #16: Skye Bolt finally breaks out...

MLB News:

• Hohler: Veteran Boston Globe baseball writer Nick Cafardo dies at 62...
• Puma: Lowrie’s MRI reveals no serious knee damage...
• Heyman: Phillies focused on Bryce Harper; could pivot to Keuchel, Kimbrell after...
• Rosenthal: Tigers, Josh Harrison in agreement on one-year deal...
• Hayes: Cautious of last year’s lessons, Twins still are in the mix for Marwin Gonzalez... ($)

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Saxon: ‘I’m really, really concerned’: No one has been hit harder by the analytics movement than pro and advance scouts... ($)
• Sawchik: Foul Balls Are The Pace-Of-Play Problem Nobody’s Talking About...
• Sullivan: Mike Trout Has Been as Good as Manny Machado and Bryce Harper Combined...
• Justice: The 13 most intriguing players in Spring Training...
• Iversen: Are MLB Teams Properly Accounting for College Park Factors When They Draft?

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Best of Twitter:

• Noted weather fanatic Mike Trout found the snow in Arizona. As AN’s unofficial local correspondent, I can confirm that it is very cold and wet here...

• Say what you will about Phillies fans, but they sure are creative...

• Fingers crossed that weather cooperates and lets us all watch real fake baseball today...